"First Love" | ||||
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Single by Hikaru Utada | ||||
from the album First Love | ||||
Language | Japanese, English | |||
Released | April 28, 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
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Length | 4:18 | |||
Label | Toshiba-EMI | |||
Songwriter(s) | Hikaru Utada | |||
Producer(s) | Akira Miyake Utada Sking Teruzane | |||
Hikaru Utada singles chronology | ||||
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"First Love" on YouTube |
"First Love" is a song by the Japanese-American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada. It was released on April 28, 1999, as the third Japanese language single from her second studio album, First Love, which was issued a month previously. It was certified double platinum for 800,000 copies shipped to stores in Japan.[1]
In a 2009 survey by Oricon, asking respondents what song they wanted to hear with a broken heart, "First Love" was voted in the top 10.[2] "First Love" was performed during Utada's 2010 tour, Utada: In the Flesh 2010. It was also performed during Utada's two-date concert series Wild Life in December 2010.[3] The song and "Hatsukoi" from her 2018 studio album of the same name inspired the 2022 Netflix series First Love.[4] In December 9, 2022, "First Love" was remixed alongside "Hatsukoi" in Dolby Atmos.[5]